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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Manx ProDOS Aztec C
Message-ID: <10873@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 29 Aug 89 20:39:01 GMT
References: <896NETOPRWA@NCSUVM> <7547@microsoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <7547@microsoft.UUCP> brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby) writes:
>Does anyone have this product?  Is it worth the $299 they ask for it?

Yes, I used it for quite some time on my Apple //e and still occasionally
on my Apple IIGS, although now I usually use Orca/C (IIGS only).

>Does the compiler produce the same slow executing code that the old DOS
>version did?

It has the option of in-line or interpreted code, or a combination of both.
The in-line code is not particularly slow, considering the 6502's deficiencies
as a C engine.

Compilation does take a long time.  I usually go out for coffee while the
compiler runs.

>The DOS 3.3 Aztec C had source to the editor and libraries.
>Does source for the compiler come with the package (so that one could
>conceivably improve the code generation)?

No, there are library, editor, etc. sources but no compiler sources (for
obvious reasons).

>Most important, will this product run on a 40 column II Plus with 64K
>(128K with the TransWarp active)?

I believe it will, but I haven't tried that configuration.

>I've been struggling for months trying to work out a way to get
>decent C programs written and compiled on my II Plus.

Aztec C "professional" is the only 8-bit Apple C I've ever found that
was worth using.  I hope you have a hard disk, though, since with only
two 5.25" floppies it is a pain to compile and link.